16 Ngako labamphofu ubanika litsemba, bese kutsi kungetsembeki kuvalwe umlomo.
“Nangabe angikahlangabetani neticelo talabamphofu, nome-ke ngenta emehlo emfelokati aphophota tinyembeti,
Labacotfo bayakubona loku bajabule, kodvwa bonkhe lababi bayathula.
Kodvwa inkhosi iyawujabula ngaNkulunkulu, bonkhe labafunga ngawe bayawukudvumisa; kepha imilomo yebacambimanga iyawuvalwa.
Kodvwa labandzindzako bangeke bakhohlakale phakadze naphakadze; litsemba lalabahluphekako lingeke linyamalale siphelane.
Kodvwa emkhatsini wema-Israyeli kute nasinye sifuyo nome umuntfu lokutawuhhongelwa ngisho yinja, khona utekwati kutsi mine, Simakadze, ngenta umehluko emkhatsini wemaGibhithe nema-Israyeli.’ ”
“Sitawuphendvula sitsini kuletitfunywa letiphuma kulesive? Sitawusho, sitsi: Simakadze sewuyakhile yatinta iSiyoni, ngulapho sive sakhe lebesihlushwa sitawuphephela khona.”
Nebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, abesanike Nebuzaradani, indvuna yabomahlalesangweni, umyalo ngaJeremiya, watsi:
Manje Nkulunkulu abesente lendvuna kutsi ibe nemusa nesihawu kuDanyela,
Buyelani enqabeni yenu, nine tiboshwa lese ninelitsemba, ngisho nanyalo solo ngiyamemetela, ngitsi ngitanibuyisela ngalokuphindziwe.
Siyati kutsi konkhe lokusemtsetfweni kucondzene nalabo labangephansi kwawo, khona kutewuvinjwa tonkhe taba tebantfu, nemhlaba wonkhe utfolakale unelicala kuNkulunkulu.